Movies Reviews
The Lovely Bones Movie
I finally was able to watch The Lovely Bones last night. I am a big fan of the book. It has always been one of my favorite books of all time. Sadly, the movie didn’t matched my expectations. Although Peter Jackson made the movie in absolutely …
Borderland (UR, 2007) movie
I thought I had seen just about all the slasher films that were going to be good in 2008. I will confess that the 8 Films to Die For series has left me cold on a few occasions. However this film had me intrigued from the very …
Perkins’ 14 movie
I watched this movie with a few expectations. But suprisingly, they were not met. Even though the movie was scary, I didn’t expect it to unfold as awkwardly as it did. The premise of the film is that a man whose parents were murdered ended up …
The Kindred horror film
I’d always wanted to see the horror film The Kindred. It was primarily because I’d seen the ad for it in the newspaper when I was a little girl. I thought it looked properly creepy. It said something about someone having a brother they didn’t know about, and it …
I’m Gonna Git You Sucka (1988)
Coincidentally, after the dead of his brother, Junebug, Jack Spade returns from the Army, he follows up the death with the local police who inform jack that his brother died of Gold Overdose. LOL! This leads Jack to go out and seek revenge for his brother’s death, he goes …
Death Sentence (2007) Movie
Kevin Bacon stars in this movie with the interesting plot and weary execution. The film begins with a group of people sharing happy family moments. The audience gets to see how the boys grow up. And I suppose the montage seen through film and …
Babel movie
Babel had a lot to say and used intertwined stories to tell it. The movie was capable at discussing the narratives, often giving voice to those that aren’t often portrayed in movies. The Mexican housekeeper’s story is portrayed by her not being able to tell it. The Japanese teenager …
Eddie and the Cruisers
I watched the DVd “Eddie and the Cruisers” last evening.
This musical movie was made back in the 1980’s.
I really like this movie, which is based on the disappearance of Eddie Wilson, the lead singer of Eddie and the Cruisers. Maggie,
played very well by Ellen Barkin, is a reporter …
John Q movie
John Q is a movie for today. It’s relevant to the ongoing struggles of a world where so many are down on their luck and having a hard time just putting food on the table for their families. It’s a movie that shows what good and decent …
Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging
The best way to describe this movie is a cute teenager movie with a humoristic twist. ‘Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging’ is about 14 year old Georgia Nicholson (Georgia Groome) who simply isn’t happy with her life. She dreams of having a boyfriend and thinks that she found the …
Don’t Look in the Cellar (Trailer, 2009)
Normally, in the first paragraph of a review, I try and proved information such as the stars, director and such. This time, however, that task became untterly impossible, because although this is a trailer, I can’t find word one about anything else related to this film. Now …
Dave Movie
This movie was surprisingly good, much better than I expected. When I saw the PG-13 rating and read the blurb - a lookalike of the American President temporarily takes the President’s place - I thought there would be some stupid stuff, like him having sex with the President’s wife, …
Firewall
Firewall was released in 2006 starring Harrison Ford. He portrays a man in charge of security of a large bank. When a group of robbers kidnap his family, he is forced into helping them pull of what was the unthinkable crime of breaking into the world bank’s security systems …
Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
The movie Prince Caspian is the second book in the Narnia series and takes place some 1000 plus years after “The Lion, the witch, and the wardrobe.” In the movie, Prince Caspian (Ben Barnes) escapes from his kingdom into the forest of Narnia when his greedy uncle, King Miraz …
Fantasia (Disney)
Disney’s Fantasia is one of the best animated films ever made. I remember watching this film as a kid and being amazing. I think everyone who is a Disney fan should have this film in their collection. From my personal view I can that this movie is well worth the …
Stargate movie
A few years after I became familiar with cable television, I began to notice different science fiction television series with the name “Stargate” included in its title. Even today, I have not watched it, but at the same time am familiar with shows such as “Stargate SG1″ and “Stargate …
Steven Spielberg’s War of the Worlds (2005)
The Steven Spielberg remake of the famous War of the Worlds 1953 movie was downright disappointing. The movie borders on awful, and really doesn’t come through. Despite the good cast, it was poorly directly and badly written. While the original movie was inspiring and filled with tension, …
A Valentine Carol (2007 Movie)
In an intriguing spinoff, A Valentine Carol is a Valentine’s Day version of the movie, A Christmas Carol. Of course, in A Valentine’s Carol, the main character must go through different Valentine’s Days in her past and future.
While I found this movie fun and watchable, it wasn’t very …
The Mist (2008)
Stephen King has had many of his novels and short stories adapted into film versions, but perhaps none have been as disturbing and tragic as The Mist.
In the classic Stephen King novella, first released in the book Skeleton Crew, a town faces terrifying creatures that come out of a …
Paranormal Activity (Movie)
Although this movie was found to be corny and unhorrifyingly unsuspenseful by some members of my family, I found this too scary and I was really scared watching this movie. This movie had come out in 2007 but it was only shown last year in our country and I …
Point of No Return (1993)
This movie, similar the La Femme Nikita, tells the story of a young woman with a violent nature who was taken off the streets after she was caught and arrested for violent crimes. It was staged that she was executed by lethal injection, when in actuality; she was transferred …
The Brother’s Grimm (2005)
This movie is one of my favorites from the late young actor Heath Ledger. In fact, thinking about it now I’m not sure which one of his movies I didn’t like. Nevertheless one of the reasons why I liked this movie was because it appealed to the …
House Party (1990)
House Party, directed by Reginald Hudlin is rated R by the Motion Picture Association of America. The original release date was March 9, 1990 for United States audience. This movie falls in the genre of Comedy/Romance and stars Christopher Reid as Kid, Christopher Martin as Play, Robin Harris as …
Red 2 (movie)
I’m going to be completely honest and say that I had absolutely no intention of watching the movie Red 2 since I felt that it wasn’t going to be as good as the first movie. My feelings about it strengthened when I saw the trailer for it and noticed …
Jo Jita Wahi Sikandar Film
Jo Jita wahi Skiandar was directed by Mansur Khan the early nineties. The story about fight between two colleges and the story has climax of cycle race. The story start with Amir Khan elder brother being the cycle race champion and his accept to win college trophy that is …
Saving Private Ryan
Saving Private Ryan is a movie you will want to watch over and over again. It is a unforgetable story about World War II. Tom Hanks stars as Captain John Miller who is ordered to take his men behind the enemy lines in order to save Private James Ryan. …
Happy Feet
First of all: I LOVE penguins! I don’t know why, but they seem to be such happy little creatures, wherever you see them in movies, toy- shops and tv-commercials… but then, after seeing the documentary “March of the Penguins” (see separate review), I know there are not that happy …
Tropic Thunder movie
I sat down to watch Tropic Thunder last night with my wife with a high expectation. this was mainly due to the cast, the sheer number of big names in the movie guarenteed a high audience. Everyones favourite comedians were there and i wasnt disapointed.
It didnt give me the …
Rhythm in the Clouds movie
Rhythm in the Clouds from 1937 just did nothing for me in spite of the fact that on the surface it had a story that might normally intrigue me. To be honest, I am not certain why that lure did not happen.
Rhythm in the Clouds starred Patricia Ellis …
Tropic Thunder
Ben Stiller’s new film Tropic Thunder has been getting a lot of heat from African Americans for Robert Downey Jr’s portrayal of a man in what is essentially blackface and from disabilities advocates, unhappy with the way the film discusses the mentally disabled by using the word “retard”. Stiller …
Popeye
No matter what the critics say, and they say much, none of which was good, I will always cherish this movie. My hat’s off to the director, the screenwriter, and most importantly the production crew, for turning out a fantastic film that remained true to the comic characters and …
Takers Movie (2010)
I found this movie interesting at first because it featured a nice cast including Matt Dillon, Jay Hernandez, Paul Walker, Hayden Christensen, Chris Brown, T.I., and Zoe Saldana. The movie is all about a group of professional robbers trying a one-time, big-time heist but before they do their largest …
Fracture (movie)
One thing that really impresses me about Anthony Hopkins is how he can play a criminal mastermind and yet play it to the point you actually have to be impressed with him.
In the movie Fracture, he plays a man who shoots his wife, is captured minutes later and confesses. …
Django Unchained movie
I recently went to the cinema to see Django Unchained - having already seen the trailer, I was quite fascinated by it.
I must say that it was money well spent. The movie is fairly long (almost three hours), but it keeps you alert, thanks to its plot, its music …
Meet John Doe movie
Meet John Doe is one of the classics from the golden age of movie making. It has an impressive cast headlined by Gary Cooper and Barbara Stanwyck. It is the superb acting that truly contributes to making this a standard in the sense of being one of …
Movie Tavern
This is by far, hands-down, beyond a shadow of a doubt THE worst movie theater I have ever been to in my life, and I have been to a few pretty bad ones. I have never had a movie experience so ruined as I did the night I attended …
Poseidon movie
It took me almost forever to get around to watching Poseidon even though it’s already been re-made and the original has been on the video store shelves for some time. It’s no Titanic, but it is still an interesting movie about people who try to survive a sinking ship.
I …
The Girl with All the Gifts (Post-Apocalyptic Zombie Horror Movie)
The Girl with All the Gifts is a 2016 British post-apocalyptic zombie horror drama film directed by Colm McCarthy and written by M.R. Carey adapted from his novel of the same name.
To be honest, I knew nothing about the movie before watching it. I kept thinking that it would be …
The Grudge 2
The Grudge is back. And for a while, after being thrilled by the first movie, I was looking forward to this one. But then, because of the trailer for the sequel seemed to give many scares away, I also feared that it would take the thrill out of …
Midnight Lace movie
In 1960, Doris Day starred in a mystery thriller called Midnight Lace. It’s definitely more intense and dramatic than what Day was known for traditionally. She handles the work very well; it’s just not my kind of movie. Day, in fact, was nominated for Best Actress …
The Sorcerer’s Apprentice Movie (2010)
I had always liked Nicolas Cage, in fact, he has always been my #1 favorite actor of all times and he still is right now, but when I saw the trailer for this movie I had let out a scoff and a giggle, I never thought he would go …
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (Movie)
I had heard and read a lot about The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus before I watched in on DVD yesterday. I have followed the director Terry Gilliam’s career from his Monty Python days, and have very much admired his somewhat strange and eccentric art and movies. I had also …
Raising Arizona: movie
Raising Arizona, starring Nicholas Cage, is a movie directed by the Coen brothers, who also directed such classics as O Brother Where Art Thou, Burn After Reading, and Fargo. Raising Arizona was one of their first movies. I’m a big fan of the Coen brothers, and Raising …
The Royal Tenenbaums (comedy drama movie)
Throughout the years I’ve heard about the movie “The Royal Tenenbaums” but I never actually had a chance to watch it until recently. I figured it would have been one of those films that was severely overrated by a lot of people, but it turns out that even though I …
Friday the 13th
The first Friday the 13th movie is the one that few people remember. They forget that Kevin Bacon appeared in the movie, and they forget that Jason Vorhees was merely an afterthought. Most people completely forget that it was actually his mother who was the first killer.
Watching this movie …
Menace II Society (1993)
Menace II Society, directed by Albert Hughes and Allen Hughes is rated R by the Motion Picture Association of America for strong violence, drug use and language. The original release date was May 26, 1993 for United States audience. This movie falls in the genre of Crime/Drama and stars …
The Rival movie
Once again, I found myself watching a movie on the Lifetime movie network last night and found myself enjoying it.
The film “The Rival” was one that really turned out to be much more interesting than I thought it would. From the previews, I figured it was going to be …
Clash of the Titans Movie (2010)
I just saw Clash of the Titans. I just recently seen it and I was not able to see it in the theaters because my friends kept telling me that this was not worthy to see in the movies. So when the DVD came out, I saw it …
Movie 21
This movie is a story about some highly educated and intelligent college kids from MIT that decide to take on the blackjack tables in Vegas using there mathematical skills along with dedication and hard work! The great appeal for me in this movie is the fact this really happened …
Why Did I Get Married? (PG-13, 2007)
Tyler Perry is truly one of the underdog success stories in American filmmaking. His stage plays have brought him tons of success. But I am still waiting for him to make a really riveting movie. “Why Did I Get Married?” is full of stars (Janet Jackson, …
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